Archive for the 'U.K.' Category

Apple, Google dominate UK brands - Channel 4 News

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Apple, Google dominate UK brands
Channel 4 News - 34 minutes ago
Apple has three products in the top 20, while Google and its YouTube subsidiary both appear in the top five. The list, compiled by the Superbrands organisation, is topped by sports car Aston Martin, whose profile has been boosted by the success of the
Aston Martin UK's 'coolest brand' BBC News
Move over Google, Aston Martin is rated coolest brand Independent
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Worried farmers facing further anguish - Belfast Telegraph

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Worried farmers facing further anguish
Belfast Telegraph - 1 hour ago
By Emily Moulton A nationwide ban on the movement of livestock has been reimposed following a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease in England, plunging farmers back into another crisis.
Britain Confirms New Case Of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Washington Post
Farmers demand answers over foot-and-mouth ITN
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Police sceptical of proposals to ease burden of red tape - Guardian Unlimited

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Police sceptical of proposals to ease burden of red tape
Guardian Unlimited - 8 hours ago
Rank and file police leaders yesterday reacted with scepticism to proposals to introduce hand-held computers for patrolling constables and “virtual courts” as part of a drive to cut bureaucracy.
We are strangled by red tape, say police Telegraph.co.uk
Police paperwork “truly staggering” Reuters UK
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Brown insists on pay discipline - Guardian Unlimited

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Brown insists on pay discipline
Guardian Unlimited - 36 minutes ago
Public sector workers protest as Gordon Brown addresses the TUC annual congress. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Union leaders admitted yesterday they felt dismayed by Gordon Brown's first speech to the TUC conference despite the prime minister's
Civil servants reject prime minister's pay plan InTheNews.co.uk
Barber critical of public sector pay ePolitix
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Tributes pour in for Body Shop founder - ITN

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Tributes pour in for Body Shop founder
ITN - 2 hours ago
Tributes have been pouring in for Body Shop founder Dame Anita Roddick who has died at the age of 64. Dame Anita suffered a major brain haemorrhage and died at St Richard's Hospital in Chichester.
Body Shop founder Anita Roddick dies at 64 Independent
TRIBUTES: Body Shop founder Anita Roddick has died Littlehampton Gazette
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Tories to end out-of-town free parking - Telegraph.co.uk

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Tories to end out-of-town free parking
Telegraph.co.uk - 10 hours ago
By Graeme Wilson, Political Correspondent Shoppers using out-of-town supermarkets would be forced to pay car parking charges under new Conservative proposals to defend the traditional British high street.
Tories say supermarkets should be forced to charge for parking Times Online
Tories: pay to shop and park The Sun
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Commander: US delayed Basra pullout - Manchester.com

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Commander: US delayed Basra pullout
Manchester.com - 38 minutes ago
The UK's army chief in southern Iraq, Brigadier James Bashall, has said that British troops delayed withdrawing from Basra palace due to US pressure.
Britain stayed in Basra longer because of US: commander AFP
Basra troop withdrawal delayed because of US pressure, claims Daily Mail
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Facial scans could reveal genetic disorders - Daily Mail

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Facial scans could reveal genetic disorders
Daily Mail - 48 minutes ago
But now the once-popular idea that you can read a person's character from their face could be making a medical comeback. In Victorian times, the science of phrenology - in which the bumps on the head were 'read' to predict personalities - was taken
3-D facial images of children can reveal genetic disorders Independent
Face can help diagnose rare genetic disorders Telegraph.co.uk
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Angry workers to mull ‘Brits first’ call - Financial Times

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Angry workers to mull ‘Brits first’ call
Financial Times - 7 hours ago
By George Parker and Andrew Taylor Gordon Brown will set out plans on Monday to create 500000 jobs for “British workers”. But his patriotic rhetoric to the Trades Union Congress risks being drowned out by growing union anger at the public sector pay
No English, no entry into UK Hindu
Brown's new migrant controls to get Britons back to work Guardian Unlimited
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